Strange motive power

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The lead unit was one of the new GEs that are assembled in Altoona, 
painted in primer paint, stenciled with NS and its number, then 
supposedly sent, in service, to Chattanooga for final paint. That being 
said, motive power seems to be so short, most units run in primer for 
some time before they get to Chattanooga, sometimes months.

Ken Miller
On Mar 30, 2006, at 9:47 PM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:


> While on my way back from Roanoke late this afternoon I took 460 and 

> happened upon the tail end of a westbound hopper train. I managed to 

> get to the head end of it only once and had no luck catching it 

> anywhere to get a GOOD glance at the lead locomotive. It was pulled by 

> two locomotives, the first unlettered in a grey color, the second was 

> a BNSF unit. I shot a hurried picture out the side window of my van 

> around Elliston or Shawville... other than that all I ever managed to 

> get a glimpse of were the hoppers at a couple crossing including at 

> Montgomery Tunnel.... Any ideas on what it may have been? was 

> mid-afternoon, prolly 3-ish, if the time of the sighting makes any 

> difference....

>

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